[LM_NET] Tar: Prof organization & estate planning

[Floyd Pentlin <fpentlin@UCMO.EDU>]

A topic that has come up in the Board of Directors of American Association of 
School Librarians is to develop a process for giving members and supporters a way 
to leave money to AASL for a specified purpose. One of the things that has been 
kicked around is the possibility of setting up a grant for research in the school 
library profession. Off the top of our heads, we would like to be able to grant a 
significant amount (oh, say, $25,000) for research.
 
We have a number of questions about this, of course.
 
-If one were to leave part of an estate to AASL, would something like helping to 
fund research in the field be enough of a enticement for someone to follow through 
with the gift?
 
-Do you think some other focus for gift-giving would be more critical and/or 
appealing?
 
-Have you thought about making a professional organization part of your estate 
planning before? I understand that NYLA (New York) has made some provisions for 
this. I don't believe my state organization (Missouri) has addressed this issue.
 
Thanks for any thoughts you might have. Hope your second semester has started well.
 
floyd pentlin
 
 
 
 
Floyd Pentlin, Adjunct Faculty
Library Science & Information Services
University of Central Missouri
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